How the West Lost to China in the EV Race
21d 11h ago by slrpnk.net/u/Nyssa in electricvehicles@slrpnk.net from www.youtube.com
Greed and smugness?
The North American car companies went through this once in the 70s and 80s with Japanese companies. They clearly don't fucking learn.
Pumping out nothing but garbage SUVs and trucks. Whoda thunk it?
With all the US companies stopping any EV research or development, it pretty much is. Time to queue another set of bailouts, that are totally not a subsidy.
Yes, the NA companies think in quarters. China thinks in decades. We don't stand a chance.
Deal. At least they sent their president to prison when he attempted a coup.
How the West Lost to China in the EV Race
Because of "Profits now! fuck long term. I won't be here. I'll have my paycheck collected"
Slave labor driven by a capitalist dictatorship.
Agree. Slave labor driven by a capitalist dictatorship is what makes you keep focusing in ICE cars so you can keep your oil friends happy.
Why do you feel it so necessary to defend China and deflect. It's well established that BYD uses slave labor.
I'm not defending China. I'm attacking the US. "A capitalist dictatorship that uses slave labor" is... the definition of the US right now.
I suppose we do buy a lot of Chinese products. Not BYD though. Ironically, it's probably less true than ever thanks to that.
In the first minute, "It has nothing to do with cheap labor."
Yeah, okay. At least you blast out the lies immediately so we know where you stand.
Every time they open a factory outside of China they're found to be using slave labor. But I'm sure it's different within China. Okay, buddy.
The unions in the West aren’t exactly helping - not unlike when the Japanese automakers began importing to USA. The rattle in your (ill fitting) 1980s car door might be a beer bottle. Now, manufacturing and QA processes have improved, but the unions aren’t spearheading and championing reskilling to electric vehicles. I believe in unions, but I also am personally aware of how they can be abused to keep bad workers on the job.
Business leaders and the dealers do in fact own the responsibility for losing to EVs, though. The unions demand a fair wage, but the business leaders still want to have profit margins growing every quarter. Investment in R&D is seen as an unnecessary expense.
The West barely tried to begin with